Roger McGough’s new show with Walter, Steve and Chris of LiTTLe MACHiNe features a fine selection of vintage, classic and surprising poems set to music, as featured on the new album The Likes of Us.
Hilarious and surreal, McGough is a poet of many voices. Menace and melancholy there may be, but with plenty of McGough’s characteristic wit and wordplay too. LiTTLe MACHiNe are the must have act at Literary Festivals from York to Dubai, setting classic poems to music and performing them with energy, passion and humour. It’s poetry but not like you’ve heard or seen it before.
Encore Dance Company, the 3rd year Graduate Company from Tring Park School for the Performing Arts, returns with an exciting mixed programme of all dance genres.
This year’s show includes works by Sir Kenneth MacMillan, Ernst Meisner, Kerry Nicholls and many other world-acclaimed choreographers.
Singalonga Productions invite you to “Be our Guest” at Sing-a-Long-a Beauty and the Beast. Join us as we celebrate with a screening of Disney’s brand new adaptation of the iconic fairy tale, with on-screen lyrics so everyone can join in!
Our Singalonga host will start with a pre-show where they will warm up your voices, teach you some hand actions, show you how to use the famous Singalonga props bag during the film and when to Boo the arrogant Gaston and of course judge the fancy dress competition!
So some along and celebrate this “tale as old as time”, dress as your...
The Lyric and Filter’s riotous reinterpretation of one of Shakespeare’s best loved plays, A Midsummer Night’s Dream, comes to Exeter Northcott, after its critically acclaimed London and international festival runs.
Featuring original live music, this classic tale of young lovers and warring fairies is given a unique and irreverent twist.
Don’t miss one of the most exciting and inventive Shakespeare productions of recent years.
Multi-award-winning Mark Bruce Company present a striking dance theatre adaptation of Shakespeare’s Macbeth, a tragic descent into the darkest sides of human nature.
Goaded by the whispers of demons, the Macbeths (Jonathan Goddard, Eleanor Duval) unleash murder for their own gains and set in motion their path to madness and self-destruction, unravelling events in a nightmare they cannot control.
With a cast of nine and designed by the creative team that brought you Dracula and The Odyssey, this dance theatre production realises a beautifully harrowing vision of an internal...
Our annual Picnic at the Park event is back on Sunday 3rd June!
Get ready for a whole host of fun activities lined up for all the family!
The popular event consists of; assault course, Clayzer laser clay pigeon shooting, dance display by Danceworks Devon, fun dog show sponsored by Animals in Distress and the River Dart Country Park static vehicle display. There will be appearances from All Whites Rugby Ladies, Dartmoor Search and Rescue Team (Ashburton), Dartmoor National Park, South Hams Hawks & Owls, and Party Ponies By Humaryn/ Humaryn Shetland Pony Rides will be...
Renowned author and palliative care physician Dr Kathryn Mannix to hold presentation and Q&A at RD&E as part of ‘Dying Matters’ week.
Death, Dying and Wisdom in an Age of Denial; that’s the strapline for the hugely acclaimed book, With the End in Mind, by Kathryn Mannix. Monday 14th May will see her hold two Q&As following presentations linked to her book and her own experiences with end-of-life care. Linked to the RD&E’s involvement in the Dying Matters Week , these two events will provide a unique perspective on the only certainty in life we all face.
Devon County Council is reminding users of Household Waste Recycling Centres to think about the waste they are taking to the sites to avoid wasting the time of council staff and that of the emergency services. It follows the temporary closure of the Knowle Hill Recycling Centre in Exmouth on Wednesday after an unknown chemical was dumped in the main bay at the centre. For the safety of the public the centre was evacuated and closed for a few hours and the fire service were called. The site reopened once the chemical – which turned out to be sheep dip – was removed. Recycling Centres aren’t...
Brogan Coates, a second year marine biology student studying at the University of Exeter, is to join a team of women kayaking the length of Wales collecting plastic as part of a campaign to raise awareness of the damage that single-use plastics cause to our oceans every year.
The campaign, which first happened last year, is organised by ‘Love Her Wild’ an organisation designed to empower women into exploring the world around them.
The whole distance of 241km, from Ellesmere Port to Sharpness, is to be kayaked by a 17-woman team, with Brogan taking part in the last of the...
With just a few days to go before polling day the Electoral Commission, the independent body which oversees elections, is highlighting what voters need to know to vote in the elections and answering some of the most common questions and misconceptions.
The elections
4 out of 37 Local Authorities in the South West have elections on 3 May.
Local government elections select councillors, who are responsible for making decisions on running services in your local area.
People can find out if they have elections in their area on the Commission’s Your Vote Matters...
